Blessed with friends

    Friday mornings are my favorite. After a busy week of homeschooling, toddler chasing and homemaking Friday mornings are for me. I remember in my early years of mothering feeling very isolated and different from other moms I knew. For several years now though I have been blessed with the friendship of a wonderful group of women. Bible study days mean friends and sharing for me and playtime for my kids. We all come from different backgrounds and experiences. But our link is a love for God and the desire to walk with Him in our Catholic life. The opportunity to share our struggles, burdens and joys together is wonderful. This walk of being in the world but not consumed by it takes practice. The ever present draw to be more, have more, prettier, better, faster,etc distracts me from my goal to serve Christ in this world.( And boy am I distract-able...ooh shiny!)
          We have been reading Happy Are You Poor  by Thomas Dubay  for several months now. And had lots of discussions on gospel poverty and what that means, it's not destitution, for us and for our families. Balancing the needs of our families without using them as an excuse to consume whatever we can.
           So we talk about what are needs and what are wants. How we can be good stewards of our resources. How we can share our talents with others and learn from each other. A cute bit from today. One section of the reading had many of us wishing there was a glossary to look up the unusual words the author chose for this section. I think I have a pretty large vocabulary and I was stumped. I felt so blessed that one of my friends could translate those big theology words into everyday English in such a gentle way.
           My hope is that other moms find that kind of sisterhood early in their married life/mothering journey. If you have it share it with others, if your looking follow me here and hopefully we can journey together. Peace.